The stolen magic is a bit magical

Chi!
Elder Blackbeard was split in two!
Everyone's eyes widened at the same time, including the Thousand Spirits Saintess.

The Holy Maiden of the Thousand Spirits knew about Lin Xiaosu's swordsmanship; she was even the first to discover that he possessed sword intent. She had also personally witnessed the opening of the folded space on the third day of the third lunar month, during which he fought against Wu Jing for several minutes.

She knew he was not someone who could be easily defeated by someone at the Enlightenment Realm.

However, even she, Bing Leng, could never have imagined that the outcome would be completely unexpected.

Lin Xiaosu killed the Enlightenment Realm cultivator with a single sword strike.

Like casually swatting a fly.

correct!

That's his breakthrough!
He has already connected to the dead end of the Heavenly Cripple Path, and his cultivation path is progressing by leaps and bounds.

For him, enlightenment—or more precisely, enlightenment of the body—was nothing more than a single sword strike!
She finally accepted this, but which of the four people on the pleasure boat could accept it?
The dragon-man roared!
Jump up!

With overwhelming force, a punch came down!
A dragon's roar rose above the water!

It really gives you the feeling of ten thousand dragons flying across the sky.

He took flight!
Lin Xiaosu also took flight!

One sword strike!

The dragon warriors' eyes were wide open, and golden scales seemed to rise from their hands. This was a unique characteristic of the dragon race; when they channeled their full power, even the most indestructible sword light could not harm their bodies in the slightest.

However, Lin Xiaosu's sword strike did not rely on the sharpness of its blade to achieve victory.

Beneath the sword lies a misty, rainy landscape of Jiangnan.

As the sword fell, the entire space vanished into nothingness.

"Voidness" is integrated with the laws of space!
Dragon warriors died faster and more thoroughly...

Li Chengnian was greatly shocked. He activated all his cultivation and the flower boat beneath his feet shot towards the exit of the peach grove like an arrow.

However, just as the flower boat started moving, *poof*!

The butler on the pleasure boat turned into a bloody mist.

Chi!
A crystal-clear peach blossom branch pierced the forehead of the maid beside him.

The Holy Maiden of a Thousand Spirits stepped onto the flower boat.

Lin Xiaosu arrived at the same time as her. When Lin Xiaosu had just finished off the butler, she pointed a finger at Li Chengnian's forehead.

The air seemed to freeze.

Li Chengnian's eyes suddenly widened, his gaze blank, and he remained motionless.

The flower boat drifted downstream, its speed gradually decreasing.

Finally, just as they were about to exit the peach blossom checkpoint, the flower boat completely lost power and came to a stop.

Lin Xiaosu slowly moved her fingers away from Li Chengnian's brow, and Li Chengnian fell headfirst to the ground.

The Holy Maiden of the Thousand Spirits exhaled softly, "This is your optimism, because you can already kill someone at the peak of enlightenment with a single blow."

“That’s not important!” Lin Xiaosu said. “What’s important is that there will be a very interesting transition next.”

What kind of conversion?

"That's it!" As Lin Xiaosu uttered those three words, his face suddenly changed, transforming into Li Chengnian's.

The Holy Maiden of the Thousand Spirits' heart skipped a beat: "Disguised and infiltrated the Heart Pavilion?"

“Xin Ge is a very interesting institution. It can be used as a fulcrum to shake up the Great Wilderness Dynasty.” Lin Xiaosu’s voice also became Li Chengnian’s voice, and even the expression on his face was exactly the same as Li Chengnian’s.

The Holy Maiden of the Thousand Spirits felt her heart pounding with joy.

Entering the desolate ancient world, it seems that the first brilliant move has failed, but the game is not over yet.

He made his second move.

He would end Li Chengnian's life directly, disguise himself as Li Chengnian, infiltrate the Heart Pavilion, and use the Heart Pavilion as a fulcrum to overthrow the Great Wilderness Dynasty.

May I?
Compared to the current situation, this is certainly a brilliant move.

After all, he could say goodbye to his previous identity as a wandering ghost and step into a high-end institution in the capital.

When it comes to disruptive tactics, Hydra is a professional.

And he was the one who personally dug the pit and buried the bodies for Hydra.

He could make a great contribution in any organization.

however……

Saintess Qianling took a deep breath: "Your plans have always been ingenious, yet it seems you have still strayed from our original intentions."

"The original intention? To use Cangyuan to suppress the ancient wilderness?"

"Yes!"

“Actually, I didn’t have that intention,” Lin Xiaosu said. “The path I’ve set in my heart has always been this one.”

Saintess Qianling frowned: "You haven't even entered the Desolate Ancient Realm, yet you're already involved with the Heart Pavilion? And you're even eyeing the Heart Pavilion?"

“I didn’t know about Xin Ge at first, but I knew it was affiliated with a dynasty! Borrowing the power of a dynasty offers more room for maneuver than borrowing the power of Cang Yuan.”

Dynasty!

This is a concept that suddenly popped up.

This is a system that was not originally included in the mindset for breaking the deadlock.

This is simply because the Holy Maiden of the Thousand Spirits has always been a cultivator.

She knew that on the path of cultivation, the strong were respected.

As for the imperial dynasty, few highly skilled cultivators care about it. The imperial dynasty is basically the pinnacle of the secular system and has little to do with cultivation.

Lin Xiaosu seemed to see right through her and explained, "Many people think that the imperial dynasty has nothing to do with the path of cultivation. However, we must believe that since it has been able to firmly establish itself as a dominant force in the cultivation world with countless realms of cultivation, it must have its own power. Otherwise, in the natural law of the survival of the fittest, it would have been devoured long ago without leaving a trace."

The Holy Maiden of the Thousand Spirits slowly exhaled: "The most powerful aspect of the dynasty lies in its imperial seal and official seals. The imperial seal and official seals gather the faith power of billions of people and possess divine might. Even the Dao-wielding realm cannot rival them... It's not that I don't know this, but your time is too tight. You cannot possibly climb to the highest position in the officialdom in such a short period of time and obtain an imperial seal or king's seal that can rival the Dao-wielding realm."

"I certainly don't have time to slowly climb the ranks, but with the help of the Heart Pavilion, I can make the officialdom work for me!"

The Holy Maiden of a Thousand Spirits' eyes lit up!

He did not enter officialdom, but instead made officialdom work for him.

For an average person, this statement would be utter nonsense.

However, the Holy Maiden of a Thousand Spirits will not forget his past.

He never joined the Hidden Dragon organization; he was always an outsider. But did he never use the power of the Hidden Dragon?
He's been using it!
Even on the third day of the third lunar month just recently, he was the commander-in-chief of one of the three major defense lines of Qianlong. He could casually dispatch Qianlong's supplies and personnel, and control the overall situation at will. Who had any objections?
His friendship with Qianlong lasted only two or three years.

In officialdom, no matter how things change, they all boil down to a matter of values.

As long as the Great Wilderness Dynasty recognizes his value, why worry about not having high-ranking officials waiting for him? Why worry about not having the power to use him?

This is his path.

Compared to the "Cangyuan" path she designed, his path seems to have more room for maneuver. After all, no one knows where the Cangyuan headquarters is, while the Great Wilderness Imperial City is just a thousand miles away, visible and tangible.

"So, from now on, you are Li Chengnian, the steward of the Desolate Capital Heart Pavilion?" said the Holy Maiden of Thousand Spirits.

“Yes, from now on we will be separated by the ends of the earth. You will go to Ling Mountain and I will go to the capital.” Lin Xiaosu waved his folding fan lightly, and Li Chengnian’s corpse turned into blood mist. With a wave of his fan, he looked like a customer of a brothel: “I met Miss Ling by chance and we became fast friends. Now that we are facing separation, I am able to part ways with her.”

The words are absolutely flowery and literary.

The meaning is simple and straightforward: let's see her off.

Entering the desolate ancient land was like duckweed floating into a river. Lin Xiaosu found the fulcrum of his life, and the Holy Maiden of the Thousand Spirits could leave with peace of mind and enter the Spirit Mountain.

Saintess Qianling gently bit her lip: "If you are truly so reluctant to part with me, there is a way. I can disguise myself as your maid and still be with you day and night in the capital."

Lin Xiaosu's eyes widened.

As soon as the Thousand Spirit Saintess uttered these words, a crystalline light flashed from her fingertips, transforming into a branch that seemed both real and illusory, piercing through the brow of the maid on the deck.

What followed was an unprecedented phenomenon.

The beautiful woman on the ground seemed to have lost all her flesh and blood, leaving only a human skin, while the Thousand Spirit Saintess's golden hair suddenly turned jet black, and her face became exactly the same as this maid's.

Transfiguration!
This is also a form of transfiguration!

Her transformation technique is different from Lin Xiaosu's. Lin Xiaosu can transform at will, while her transformation is more like an absorption and conversion.

She absorbed the essence of the maid's body and transformed into her appearance.

In terms of level alone, it seems far inferior to Lin Xiaosu and Lan Yao's transformation technique, because it has great limitations. However, after she transformed, Lin Xiaosu realized her true high level. Her aura was exactly the same as that of the maid from before.

This ability to replicate energy is something even Lin Xiaosu couldn't match.

Because Lin Xiaosu can only imitate at most.

And she seems to be a copy...

As the human skin on the deck transformed into butterflies and fluttered about, everyone on the flower boat who belonged to the Heart Pavilion vanished.

The ship remains the same, the objects inside remain the same, but the people have completely changed.

Lin Xiaosu said, "You've been wandering in foreign lands for so many years, don't you really feel an urgent longing to go home?"

“There is a line in your Great Xia Poetry Collection: ‘The closer I get to home, the more timid I become; I dare not ask the passersby!’” Saintess Qianling said, “This is probably the most accurate description of my current state.”

Having not returned for a million years, the tribe has long since changed beyond recognition.

Even though the Spirit Race has a long lifespan, it is impossible for them to live past ten thousand years.

Her parents, relatives, and former siblings are most likely all dead.

Unless, among these people, some also chose to prolong their lives using the blood coffin, or some other secret method.

This "unless" was all she hoped for.

However, it takes a lot of courage to lift this lid.

This is what they mean by "the closer you get to your hometown, the more timid you become, and you dare not ask the people you meet."

Even though Lin Xiaosu couldn't empathize with her, she completely understood.

“Alright then, let’s… head to the Desolate Capital! The Heart Pavilion aspires to rule the world, and there should be some records of the Spirit Race within. Let’s take a look first.”

The boat moved, and we left the peach blossom grove, where Zuozhi Lake was just outside.

Zuozhi Lake looks exactly the same as it did five days ago. There are many boats on the lake, making it lively and bustling. However, the scenery on both sides is quite unique. There are groups of Zuozhi grasses along the riverbank, and they stroll among the grasses with their ears, like little lambs on the grassland.

There were many human-shaped left-hand guardians on the ship. Looking at these left-hand guardians was like looking at one's own children, or perhaps it was not just "like" but that those left-hand guardians really were their children.

Their gazes fell upon Lin Xiaosu's boat, sensing the similar aura emanating from the Holy Maiden of the Thousand Spirits, which was quite friendly towards them.

"Shouldn't we first investigate the surrounding area and find out the basic situation of the Heart Pavilion?" Saintess Qianling transmitted her voice: "It will also make it easier to infiltrate the Heart Pavilion."

"No need! I already know about the situation at Xin Pavilion," Lin Xiaosu said.

"Hmm? When did you find out? And through whom?" The Thousand Spirit Saintess frowned slightly. "Could it be that after my enlightenment at Hu Ji's North Tower, you two had a pleasant conversation?"

This is the only answer that can be drawn from her perspective.

Lin Xiaosu nodded slightly in agreement.

During the period of her sudden enlightenment, his relationship with Hu Ji was more than just pleasant conversation; it was a truly harmonious one.

What does "intersection" mean?

Spiritual connection is also a form of connection!
However, the matter of Xin Ge had nothing to do with Hu Ji. (End of Chapter)